So this last week I’ve been struggling a lot.. I’ve been feeling overwhelmed, behind on projects and totally exhausted.. This last year, I’ve been learning a lot about myself and about how to keep focused and productive while I work from home and continue to build my own business, and for some reason this last week I forgot about all that and just let life overwhelm me. Read More

The last month or so it feels like I haven’t stopped.. I’ve been pushing really hard to continue to build my health & fitness coaching business as well as my Marketing & Consulting business. I’ve put some simple things into my schedule and I’m very pleased with the progress I’ve been able to make which is awesome.

It feels like I’ve written this blog post a hundred times already, but I haven’t put the proverbial pen to paper once in the last few months. I’ve been working… working hard at making positive changes in my life so that I can be more present for my family, and more engaged in building my future.

So, about 2 months ago I made a decision that I need to improve my health. I sit in a chair for most of the day working on a computer. The stress of taking care of my daughter’s Type 1 Diabetes is multiplied by my wife’s health condition over the last 12+ months as well as me being self-employed. I found that I was gaining weight, having back pain, headaches, major stress & panic attacks.. I needed a change. Read More

It’s been a while since I’ve written and there has been so much going on since the last time I wrote. I hope to get more frequent again and catch up with the last few months of our lives, but in the mean time I just wanted to brag about my daughter. She’s my Superhero. Diabetes is a part of her life, but it’s not what defines her.

I found this interview from just last week from a parent out in British Columbia. Very well spoken and communicated well the issues related to young children in schools and the importance of having proper care in order to facilitate a positive learning environment!

Today marks 1 year since Rainbow was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. So, what goes on in the life of a kid that lives with T1D? Well, the first thing we learned is that there is seldom a ‘typical’ day. Its a constantly changing thing and there isn’t a magic formula to make sure that everything will always work the same way.